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Haiti History – Trial of the Massacres of Raboteau

hellaD — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:45:53 +0000

When US forces invaded Haiti in 1994, they drove straight to the offices of the brutal paramilitary groups, hauling away photos, videos, and other material that contained extensive evidence of the egregious abuses of these forces.
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Yolande’s Story – A Haitian HIV Refugee in Guantanamo

hellaD — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:12:00 +0000

These excerpts are from Dr. Paul Farmer’s book Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor , written in 2004. I am putting up a series of posts from this book, because Dr. Paul Farmer is well respected in the mainstream as well as in the Christian community. He has [...]
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US Backed Coup of 1991 – Haiti

hellaD — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:52:43 +0000

The US has broken international law for years in regard to helping Haiti. Jean-Bertrand Aristide was Haiti's first democratically elected president and was overthrown by a US backed coup.
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Dr Paul Farmer on Haiti

hellaD — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:28:22 +0000

Paul Farmer has worked in rural Haiti for more than twenty years. He is a doctor and anthropologist and has written several books on health inequalities. Known as Dokte Paul throughout Haiti, he has improved rural health by teaching basic health practices as the best preventive medicine. He has also worked in Russia, Chiapas and [...]
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